Wonder if anyone has any experience to share on these beast. Is there any stock vintage AMP offer out there or it is pretty much a DIY endeavour only. Any well...
Hello I have just bought a pair of tx 102 that i wanted to use together whit a shalco switch , my plan was to use them as volume control in my pre amp,...
Hi DJ, I enjoy reading your tube audio posts on Yahoo groups. I'm going to be traveling in Asia during October and wanted to check out some audio shops. I've...
Hi,I am looking this Xindax player. Any comments or other recomendations. I would love to hear it from you guys. Especially any mod that can be done. Thanks, ...
I personally haven't been in those places for at least 10 years. I remember a run down old street in Shenzhen center that has hifi shops and bookshops, but for...
My own position is very simple. Except maybe Shanling, NONE impresses me too much. The worst are probably those Spark/Cayin/Dutonic stuff. The Chinese CDPs are...
Having worked in CHINA for the past 3 years and listened to all manners of Chinese "high end" equipment, I agree with the assessment on Spark/Cayin/Duntonic...
Hi, For anyone interested in either helping, attending or exhibiting I have created a yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/London-calling/ You need to...
DJ, I am using the Shanling CD-T100, which sounds very smooth. The tube out is not any better than the solid state out. Playing with this CDP, I actually get...
hey ho! I'm usually a sleeping UK based member of this interesting list - but I 've made an extremely cheap audio discovery.It was news to me but probably...
Hi, I've heard one cable built in a similar way. Oil was filled into the hose. Well it sounded very good but won't last because the oil will soon corrode the...
Hi Skinflints! I have trioded my Fisher X-101-B. Removed series screen network and put 3.3K from each screen to its plate. Replaced 5AR4 with 5R4 to lower B+...
Hi Doc, It is thick and solid and fast. I am wandering thru audio, it is pleasant, even without any "Golden Fleas" ;) Giving up watts for other attractions is...
Kondo: Whilst hiking in Nepal dont talk about Kondo, this is Arse in their lingo and being the bashfully shy people they are, they may be very inclined to...
Hi Tightwads! OK, another eBay treasure. Like new amp, I am bringing up the B+ slowly, with a diminishing chain of ten 25K 10W resistors between the rectifier...
Hi Fiscal Retentives! It is fun. Not always successful ;) Replaced first, counting from rectifier, two electrolytic cap sectioms with C-D "Soggy Foil" oil...
Folks, A note before I forget, the A-08 - WE205D uses basically the exact same circuit as the 45 version including the 5K output transformer but with a 1K25...
i only have a scan of circuit from the MJ article not the entire article. from the scan, it seems like the power supply is a bit different than yours. B+ for...
Hi, ... That is how I drew it first, but it seemed "wrong", so I figured I had misread the Photo. I'll turn it back. ... The 717A Cathode bypass is definitely...